See also:GEORGE See also:GLEIG (1753-1840)
, Scottish. divine, was See also:born at Boghall, See also:Kincardineshire, on the 12th of May 1753, the son of a See also:farmer
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At the See also:age of thirteen he entered See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's See also:College, See also:Aberdeen, where the first See also:prize in See also:mathematics and See also:physical and moral sciences See also:fell to him
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In his twenty-first See also:year he took orders in the Scottish Episcopal See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, and was ordained to the See also:pastoral See also:charge of a See also:congregation at Pittenweem, See also:Fife, whence he removed in 1790 to See also:Stirling
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He became a frequent contributor to the Monthly See also:Review, the See also:Gentleman's See also:Magazine, the See also:Anti-Jacobin Review and the See also:British Critic
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He also wrote severalarticles for the third edition of the See also:Encyclopaedia Britannica, and on the See also:death of the editor, See also:Colin Macfarquhar, in 1793, was engaged to edit the remaining volumes
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Among his See also:principal contributions to this See also:work were articles on "See also:Instinct," " See also:Theology" and " See also:Metaphysics." The two supplementary volumes were mainly his own work
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He was twice chosen See also:bishop of See also:Dunkeld, but the opposition of Bishop See also:Skinner, afterwards See also:primus, rendered the See also:election on both occasions ineffectual
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In 18o8 he was consecrated assistant and successor to the bishop of See also:Brechin, in 18io was preferred to the See also:sole charge, and in 1816 was elected primus of the Episcopal Church of See also:Scotland, in which capacity he greatly aided in the introduction of many useful reforms, in fostering a more See also:catholic and tolerant spirit, and in cementing a See also:firm See also:alliance with the See also:sister church of See also:England
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He died at Stirling on the 9th of See also:March 184o
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Besides various sermons, See also:Gleig was the author of Directions for the Study of Theology, in a See also:series of letters from a bishop to his son on his See also:admission to See also:holy orders (1827); an edition of Stackhouse's See also:History of the See also:Bible (1817); and a See also:life of See also:Robertson the historian, prefixed to an edition of his See also:works
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See Life of Bishop Gleig, by the Rev
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See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker (1879)
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Letters to See also:Henderson of See also:Edinburgh and See also:John See also:Douglas, bishop of See also:Salisbury, are in the British Museum
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His third and only surviving son, See also:GEORGE See also:ROBERT GLEIG (1796-1888), was educated at See also:Glasgow University, whence he passed with a See also:Snell See also:exhibition to Balliol College, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford
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He abandoned his scholastic studies to enter the See also:army, and served with distinction in the See also:Peninsular See also:War (1813-14), and- in the See also:American War, in which he was thrice wounded
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Resuming his work at Oxford, he proceeded B.A. in 1818, M.A. in 1821, and, having been ordained in 182o, held successively curacies at Westwell in See also:Kent and Ash (to the latter the rectory of See also:Ivy Church was added in 1822)
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He was subsequently appointed See also:chaplain of See also:Chelsea See also:hospital (1824), chaplain-See also:general of the forces (1844-1875) and inspector-general of military See also:schools (1846-1857)
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From 1848 till his death on the 9th of See also:July 1888 he was prebend of See also:Willesden in St See also:Paul's See also:cathedral
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During the last sixty years of his life he was a prolific, if not very scientific, writer; he wrote for See also:Blackwood's Magazine and See also:Fraser's Magazine, and produced a large number of See also:historical works
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Among the latter were (besides histories of the See also:campaigns in which he served), Life of See also:Sir See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas See also:Munro (3 vols., 183o) ; History of See also:India (4 vols., 183o—1835); The Leipsic See also:Campaign and Lives of Military Commanders (1831); See also:Story of the See also:Battle of See also:Waterloo (1847); See also:Sketch of the Military History of See also:Great See also:Britain (1845) ; See also:Sale's See also:Brigade in See also:Afghanistan (1847); See also:biographies of See also:Lord See also:Clive (1848), the See also:duke of See also:Wellington (1862), and See also:Warren See also:Hastings (1848; the subject of See also:Macaulay's See also:essay, in which it is described as " three big See also:bad volumes full of undigested See also:correspondence and undiscerning See also:panegyric ")
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